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Although we must be impressed by the enormous accruement of new elements of vocabulary in the areas of pitch, rhythm, timbre, and so forth, I sense at the same time the loss of a majestic unifying principle in much of our recent music. - George Crumb Quotes

Although we must be impressed by the enormous accruement of new elements of vocabulary in the areas of pitch, rhythm, timbre, and so forth, I sense at the same time the loss of a majestic unifying principle in much of our recent music.

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century. - George Crumb Quotes

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

American Composer

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music. - George Crumb Quotes

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.

American Composer Nature

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country. - George Crumb Quotes

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

American Composer Country

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature. - George Crumb Quotes

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.

American Composer Music

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic. - George Crumb Quotes

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

American Composer Present

An American or European composer, for example, now has access to the music of various Asian, African, and South American cultures. - George Crumb Quotes

An American or European composer, for example, now has access to the music of various Asian, African, and South American cultures.

American Composer Example

My younger son is a rock archivist practically; I'm sure things have filtered out of that - it's in the air in this house. - George Crumb Quotes

My younger son is a rock archivist practically; I'm sure things have filtered out of that - it's in the air in this house.

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past. - George Crumb Quotes

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past.

American Composer Culture

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries. - George Crumb Quotes

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

American Composer History

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